Rare Third Reich SA / NSKK Dagger with ‘Christmas’ Pattern Motto to Blade by Ernst Pack & Söhne, Solingen, fine and extremely rare example of the first ever issue of the SA dress dagger with the brown wooden grip having the 1st pattern 1927 pattern eagle and enamel SA device. The grip fittings have a nicotine patina. Housed in its matching scabbard with black finish to the centre, which would indicate that the scabbard was replaced when the regulation for NSKK members to have the black scabbard after 19th May 1936, where members could either paint their scabbard or exchange, the scabbard fittings match the grip fittings indicating this has been together since WW2. The double edged blade has the early motto ‘Alles fur Deutschland’ and the reverse has the makers trademark. The blade measures 22cms, overall 37 ½ cms. Untouched as found example, lower ball mount on the scabbard is cracked. On the 15th December 1933, the SA Headquarters officially decided to institute a dagger to be worn with the SA uniform. On Christmas 1933 the first grouping of SA daggers were delivered to the higher SA leaders. These daggers are referred to as ‘Weihnachtsdolch’ (Christmas Dagger) and they have different design mottos to the later examples. This is the first type of these with the early pattern eagle, later examples can be found with the standard / later type eagle, see the following lot for an example of this. This dagger is a must have for any collector of SA daggers and rarer to find than an honour dagger.